The Guardian and BBC News report on Diminishing Marine Wilderness
Photo credit: Galaxid/Alamy The Guardian and BBC News report on Kendall Jones new paper in Current Biology, 'The Location and Protection Status of Earth's Diminishing Marine Wilderness'. Read The Guadian report here. Read the BBC News report here.
Indigenous stewardship crucial for success of protected areas - Mongabay
Photo Credit: JB Deffontaines James Watson writes about the recent science paper "One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure" for Mongabay. Read the full Mongabay article here.
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation - The Conversation
Photo credit: Joan de la Malla James Watson and co-authors write about their recent paper on the role of indigenous people in conservation. Read the paper in Nature Sustainability here. They find a quarter of all land outside Antarctica is owned by indigenous people, much of which is valuable for conservation and is already being managed for conservation. Read the full Conservation article here.
Mapping the Critical Role of Indigenous Peoples in Global Conservation
Stephen Garnett and James Watson write for National Geographic on the indigenous management and its role in global conservation. Read more here.
Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world
Climate change is shifting the ranges of species. Simple predictive metrics of range shifts such as climate velocity, that do not require extensive knowledge or data on individual species, could help to guide conservation. We review research on climate velocity, describing the theory underpinning the concept and its assumptions. We highlight how climate velocity has already been applied in conservation-related research, including climate residence time, climate refugia, endem
One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure
In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary defense against biodiversity loss, but extensive human activity within their boundaries can undermine this. Using the most comprehensive global map of human pressure, we show that 6 million square kilometers (32.8%) of protected land is under intense human pressure. For protected areas designated before the Convention
Estimating the benefit of well-managed protected areas for threatened species conservation
Protected areas are central to global efforts to prevent species extinctions, with many countries investing heavily in their establishment. Yet the designation of protected areas alone can only abate certain threats to biodiversity. Targeted management within protected areas is often required to achieve fully effective conservation within their boundaries. It remains unclear what combination of protected area designation and management is needed to remove the suite of process
Mongabay reports on 'Bold Nature Retention Targets'
Mongabay interviews James Watson about his Nature Ecology & Evolution paper, 'Bold nature retention targets are essential for the global environment agenda'. Read more here.